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Princeton University Athletics
Yik's Win At No. 1 Not Enough
February 19, 2000 | Men's Squash
Feb. 19, 2000
Peter Yik won the battle. Trinity won the war, or least the No. 1 ranking as the regular season ended with a 7-2 win over Princeton in men's squash Saturday afternoon.
Yik won a thrilling five-game decision over Trinity's Marcus Cowie in a matchup of two players who between them have won the last three collegiate individual titles. Trinity came away with seven wins in the other eight matches to take the win.
"Trinity was as impressive as we thought going in," said Princeton coach Bob Callahan, who guided his freshman-laden team to its first Ivy League championship since 1982 this season. "For about a 10-minute stretch there, we were right in it with them. I thought it was a great match at No.1, and I thought it was just great for Peter Yik to end his home career with a win."
The victory gave defending national champion and top-ranked Trinity a perfect 15-0 regular season, while No. 2 Princeton fell to 8-1 heading into its regular-season finale tomorrow at Franklin & Marshall. The team national championships are next weekend. Yik defeated Cowie in five games in front of a packed gallery, taking the final game 17-15 after rallying from being down 2-1. Cowie won the individual championship in 1997 and 1998, while Yik won a year ago.
The other Princeton winner was freshman Danny Rutherford, who won in three games at No. 6.
The results: Trinity (15-0) 7, Princeton (8-1) 2 No. 1 Peter Yik (P) def. Marcus Cowie 3-2, No. 2 Preston Quick (T) def. David Yik 3-1, No. 3 Lefika Ragontse (T) def. Peter Kelly 3-0, No. 4 Akhil Behl (T) def. Eric Pearson 3-1, No. 5 Jonathan Smith (T) def. Will Evans 3-0, No. 6 Danny Rutherford (P) def. Nickolas Kyme 3-0, No. 7 Gaurav Juneja (T) def. Marshall Sebring 3-0, No. 8 Laurens Coetzee (T) def. Harrison Gabel 3-0, No. 9 Rohan Juneja (T) def. Randolph McEvoy 3-0.